SCRANTON, PA – PROJECT 105 – June 19, 2023
Much time and opportunity were lost due to Covid 19 restrictions, but we are slowly coming back with the restoration of 105.
Our fabricator/welder has been working on various items as time allows. By allowing him to work on the 105 when he has available time from his bigger contract work, we receive a better labor cost. He has completed rebuilding the battery box frame and it has been primed, ready for finished painting. He is also working on replacing the interior cab wall panels as they were severely rusted at the floor level, He also made adjustments to one of the auxiliary oil tanks. Further adjustments will be made on installation. He has also made a few replacement pipe fittings in his shop.
Before the new cab interior panels are installed, we treated the inside of the outside walls and installed hard foam insulation.
I have a painter lined up to paint the interior of the engine room hoods as well as our storage container. He expects to be able to do this soon.
I hope that we can regroup our project volunteers and mechanics to go back to work on the CAT diesel engines over the second half of the year.
Norm Barrett